invisible

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word invisible. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word invisible, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say invisible in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word invisible you have here. The definition of the word invisible will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofinvisible, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From Middle English invisible, from Old French invisible, from Late Latin invīsibilis. Displaced native Old English unġesewenlīċ.

Morphologically in- +‎ visible.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ĭn-vĭz'ə-bəl, IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

invisible (not comparable)

  1. Unable to be seen; out of sight; not visible.
    Antonyms: apparent, visible
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:
      Unſpeakable, who ſitſt above theſe Heavens / To us inviſible or dimly ſeen / In theſe thy loweſt works, […]
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 58–59:
      The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. […] Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.
    • 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
      Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
    • 2013, Jayne Smith, Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry, page 60:
      The teeth on an invisible zip are different from those on a conventional zip, as they are turned onto the inside so that they do not show, giving the impression of being concealed in the seam, as seen below.
    • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
      Soon after departure, we cross the invisible border into Scotland to enjoy more stunning coastal scenery, before the line finally swings inland at Burnmouth to traverse pine-clad valleys, shadowed by the A1 trunk road until we rejoin the coast at Cove, east of Dunbar.
  2. Not appearing on the surface.
    Synonyms: (colloquial) invis, hidden, latent
  3. (Internet) Apparently, but not actually, offline.
    I went invisible so that my ex-girlfriend wouldn't send me instant messages.
  4. (psychology) That is ignored by a person.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

invisible (third-person singular simple present invisibles, present participle invisibling, simple past and past participle invisibled)

  1. To make invisible, to invisiblize.
    • 2007, Rachael Davenhill, Looking into Later Life:
      In the next section I look at some of the factors that contribute to the “invisibling” of people in later life in terms of the marginalization and splitting that occurs in providing decent psychological as well as physical care.

Noun

invisible (plural invisibles)

  1. (obsolete) An invisible person or thing; specifically, God, the Supreme Being.
  2. (obsolete) A Rosicrucian; so called because avoiding declaration of his craft.
  3. (obsolete) One of those (as in the 16th century) who denied the visibility of the church.
    • 1872, Orby Shipley, A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms:
      Invisibles. Heretics who denied the visibility of the Church

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin invīsibilis.

Adjective

invisible (epicene, plural invisibles)

  1. invisible (unable to be seen)

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin invīsibilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

invisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural invisibles)

  1. invisible
    Antonym: visible

Derived terms

Related terms

French

Etymology

From Late Latin invīsibilis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

invisible (plural invisibles)

  1. invisible (unable to be seen)
    Antonym: visible
  2. invisible (not appearing on the surface)
    Synonym: caché
    Antonym: visible

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin invīsibilis.

Adjective

invisible m or f (plural invisibles)

  1. invisible
    Antonym: visible

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology

First recorded in the 13th century. Borrowed from Late Latin invīsibilis.

Adjective

invisible m (oblique and nominative feminine singular invisible)

  1. invisible (not able to be seen)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (invisible, supplement)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin invīsibilis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /imbiˈsible/
  • Rhymes: -ible
  • Syllabification: in‧vi‧si‧ble

Adjective

invisible m or f (masculine and feminine plural invisibles)

  1. invisible
    Antonym: visible

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia